A MAJOR incident has been declared as homes are evacuated, flights axed and road chaos due to 83mph winds and torrential rain. Storm Herminia is moving in from Europe, leading to flooding and

The UK is bracing for Storm Herminia, with five weather warnings issued by the Met Office - which could mean power cuts for properties in the firing line of impending rain and wind

SCHOOLS across the UK have been forced to shut their doors today as Storm Herminia barrels in bringing chaos in its wake. The storm is moving in from Europe, bringing the threat of flooding

Gusts of up to 93mph have been recorded in Wales, a major bridge has been closed and there are a number of flood alerts in place

One person has died in Ireland and hundreds of thousands of homes are without power in the UK as Storm Éowyn brought record-breaking wind gusts. The man died when a tree fell on his car in County Donegal, Gardaí (Irish police) said.

The storm brought 100 mile-per-hour winds to the island and also battered Scotland and northern England. Britain’s weather office issued a red warning, its highest level of alert.

Southwesterly then westerly winds will rapidly increase from west to east Friday mid-morning onwards into the afternoon, with peak gusts of 80-90 mph fairly widely and perhaps up to 100 mph along exposed western coasts.

On Sunday, a yellow wind warning covering south-west England, English and Scottish coasts around the Irish Sea, Wales and Northern Ireland will be in place from 8am to 3pm, with 50 to 60mph gusts ...

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Herminia is not powerful enough over the UK to be named a storm by the Met Office - unlike the far more powerful Éowyn, which left a trail of destruction and disruption after causing several rare red weather warnings. The Met Office said Éowyn was "probably the strongest storm" to hit the UK in at least 10 years.

Travel chaos continued on Saturday morning, with flights, trains and ferries cancelled, after winds reaching 100mph caused widespread disruption and widespread damage to rail networks. At least 1,070 flights were axed and 150,000 air passengers affected.

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